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 enlarge | Author: Geoff Johns
Creators: Ethan Van Sciver, Prentis Rollins
Publisher: DC Comics
Category: Book
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Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 24526
Media: Paperback
Edition: Trade Paper
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Pages: 176
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Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 6.6 x 0.3
ISBN: 1401204651
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781401204655
ASIN: 1401204651
Publication Date: April 1, 2006
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 Hal Jordan Comes Back Strong Thanks To Geoff Johns October 22, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Excellent! Geoff Johns has done an amazing job at delivering Hal Jordan from the mess of the past few decades. He's also enhanced the entire Green Lantern mythology along the way.
This a complex story that wraps up years worth of continuity problems, and yet it is made relatively simple here. In and off itself, that's a huge achievement. That this story also rocks is almost too good to be true. But it is true. This is a great book.
Many questions are answered in truly satisfying ways, the origin of the yellow weakness is revealed, and Hal Jordan is reborn in a manner that serves to make Green Lantern fans of every kind happy. And that includes Kyle Rayner fans too.
Some say this book is just for the devoted fanboys, but I think there is an exceptional story here for even the new-comers and casual readers.
The Greatest Green Lantern Story Ever Told? October 21, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
To tell the truth, I didn't think they should do this. After the continually evolving changes of the past decade - the turning of Hal Jordan, the fall of Oa and the Corps, the introduction and progression of Kyle Rayner as Green Lantern, the return of Hal as Parrallax, the events of the 'Final Night' epic, the new incarnation of the Spectre in 'Day Of Judgment'.....to return Hal Jordan to the role of Green Lantern I thought would be, at best, clumsy; and at worst, a thinly-veiled scratching out of ten years of good stories to try and go back to square one. Happily, I couldn't have been more wrong. "Rebirth" is perhaps The defining event of the GL mythos, strengthening rather than weakening all that had come before it, while opening up exciting new paths to the future not just for Hal but a whole host of characters. Not least of all The Spectre, who obviously went on to different territory outside the GL books again once no longer bonded with Jordan.
The beginning of the story - the spirit Of Hal Jordan attempts to attend a ball game with old friend John Stewart and old not-so-friend Guy Gardener, but is unable to stay because the power of the Spectre draws people to him in droves to confess their sins; Kyle Rayner crash-lands a badly damaged spacecraft onto Earth, bringing a green coffin and a dire warning imparted to the backpackers who find him: 'IT has a name'; Carol Ferris is re-opening the Ferris airfield and comes across Jordan's old plane; Green Arrow and Mia encounter The Spectre on a day when he's in a particularly ominous - and rather confused - mood. This all starts up an epic that brings in many of the important GL figures from over the decades (and at least references many of those that it doesn't); that fully ignites one of the greatest threats the DC Universe has ever seen; that involves a heavy dose of the DCU's other champions - from Superman and Batman to the JSA and Zatanna - and does it all with outstanding art and storytelling. Its epic battles more than live up to the grandeur demanded of them by taking place in a storyline so pivotal. It handles the core GL characters so well that it actually turned me into a major Guy Gardener fan, of all things. And it winds up being not just The pivotal GL story of recent years (and quite possibly of all time) but one of the very cornerstone events of the DC Universe itself. Essential.
An excellent starting point for a GL newb August 23, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I didn't know much about GL before going into this, but that has certainly changed! This comic is not only extremely informative (re: The GL mythos), but it is also an overall amazing read. I recommend it, not only to current Green Lantern fans, but also to anyone who reads comics at all! This is an absolute must-read!
REBIRTH is Decidedly the best DC comic I've read since Nightwing: Year One August 3, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Unlike a lot of people around here, I'm a big [ULTIMATE] MARVEL fan and was only recently sucked into liking DC comics because I got wise and decided to read my brother seven year old BATMAN: NO MAN'S LAND and NIGHTWING comic books. 2005 recent anyhow. The Jeph Loeb SUPERGIRL series was also a big help in influencing my sudden liking for DC comics as well. I'm only familiar with GREEN LANTERN through television shows like SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES (in which I was introduced to Kyle Rayner in the episode "Brightest Day." He's my all time favorite GL) and JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED (Green Arrow). Whether or not the GL Mythos/storyline was correctly translated or not into television is no biggie to me, I know enough about the GREEN LANTERN CORPS. to be familiar with the material and characters I was reading about. I picked up "GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH" out of blue yesterday on a library trip, figuring it would be worth a go at reading. I just finished it today and I've got to say this is probably the best DC TPB I've read since "NIGHTWING: YEAR ONE." Plus, it's got Kyle Rayner in it, what more could I ask for?
That aside, Geoff Johns did an excellent job with the storyline concerning Hal Jordan's struggle with the unnatural (for him) feelings of fear and doubt in his very soul even after its supposed to have moved on to the next life. A figure called The Specter and a yellow entity named Parallax have taken control of him, one seeking vengeance the other seeking control and need to feed off of Hal's fears. Elsewhere in the deep reaches of space, Kyle Rayner learns of the evils that inhabits Jordan's soul, and returns to earth [in New Mexico] with the body Hal Jordan to warn the others and help out when it becomes necessary.
(He is said to be the only GL to have known what "true fear" really was, which baffles me to an extent.) In turn he is weak and badly injured, two men find him and care for him. Meanwhile in the city, John Stewart and Guy Gardner have a lukewarm conversation about their "deceased" comrade Hal and from there the situation spirals out of control when Gardners non-GL abilities go haywire and calamity befalls the city. Along the way, an old enemy returns to destroy with the body of Hal Jordan, Kyle Ranyer, and Green Arrow.
To be honest, I loved the storyline, the writer went to great pains to flesh out as much information as possible without losing the reader or the story in translation. Granted, it was a little soap-opera like when explaining the back story of Hal and his seemingly losing battle against The Specter and Parallax. But aside from those little annoyances, the characterization of each familiar DC superhero was right on par; Though I can't say I enjoyed how they depicted Batman when concerning John Stewart's blind devotion in Jordan or his supposed gripe with the man himself. It was almost like they tried to make him a sort of villain-type character your supposed to hate and ultimately take the GL's side in the debate. Ethan Van Sciver also did a beyond excellent job with the artistry in the comic book overall; None of the characters were over embellished with facial or body detail. Wonder Woman looked womanly, Batman looked frightening, imposing even, Superman was . . . Superman, and Kyle looked youthful enough to fit his quirky character personality.
All in all, if your looking for a good GREEN LANTERN-centric book then REBIRTH is defiantly the book you wanna pick up. Granted it leaves some things unexplained concerning character relationships --which gives the GL-fans the advantage in some manner--, but it explains plenty of background throughout the TPB to keep you out of the dark and in The Brightest Day. Highly Recommended. --- [a 5 out of 5]
 Hal Jordan back on the job June 21, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I always liked Green Lantern. He was a pretty cool character with a pretty cool power. But I always liked the idea of Green Lantern more than the Hal Jordan character. I admit I never really read many Green Lantern comics but knew about Hal from guest appearances he did in other comics. I liked Hal don't get me wrong but I never really got a sense of who he was. And then Ron Marz came along. He had Hal go crazy in the Emerald Twilight story arc and become Parallax. Like I said I wasn't Hal's biggest fan but I thought this was a terrible way to treat the character and the fans that loved him. Why did Hal have to go nuts? There was more than one Green Lantern on Earth so why couldn't Hal retire after what happened to Coast City with Kyle as his replacement? But that didn't happen. But as I got to know Kyle I really liked him and started collecting Green Lantern for the first time. He was a great character and a great Green Lantern. With him we got to not only watch the development of this promising new character but got to see a Green Lantern doing on the job training. Kyle's artistic background and imagination led to the most inventive use of a power ring ever and it was a good read in the process. Also Kyle seemed more like a regular guy who had issues and made mistakes. After all his time away I thought Hal should stay dead so Kyle could keep on being Green Lantern. But I honestly enjoyed this collection. Johns wrote some great stories here. He tied up the loose ends about what Parallax really was, how it affected Hal and who was behind him. It wasn't perfect but it was very good. And Van Sciver's art was awesome.
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